On Saturday 18 June it was museum day. I went to the Victoria & Albert Museum on my own in the morning and the Natural History Museum with HQ in the afternoon. I think I preferred the Ntural History Museum to be honest.
There was some very gorgeous jewellery on display at the V&A, as well as some gorgeous mosiacs and snuff boxes. And I was amused to see a Trainspotting movie poster in the 20th Century exhibit.
The Natural History Museum was great. The dinosaur exhibition is closed at the moment but they had some glorious gemstones in The Vault Just beautiful. A massive collection of gems, minerals and crystals outside as well. The earth exhibition was pretty cool too. You go up an escalator and into the molten core of the earth. You can also experience the Kyoto earthquake from the 90s.
On the Sunday I walked over Millenium Bridge and visited the Tate Modern and Shakespeare's Globe.
The Tate Modern was interesting. I enjoyed the gallery dedicated to pop art and also the works of Claude Monet and Jackson Pollock. Pollock's drip paintings definitely fascinate me. The pop art section had a couple of Andy Warhol self portraits that were cool.
The Globe was pretty amazing. I learnt a lot, not only about the original Globe, but about the building of the current replica (The actual Globe having burnt down in the 17th Century). I didn't realise it was actual Zoe Wanamaker's dad, Sam Wanamaker, who was the driving force behind the rebuilding of the Globe. Unfortunately he didn't live to see it completed.
I actually got really lucky and saw some of the rehearsal for Dr Faustas which had opened the night before while I was on the tour.
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